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I’ve been trying to do it right;
keeping my family in eye sight
as I seek an pinnacle of independence
to bind me to my teenage years.
Freedom felt nice
as that’s where I stood;
wondering if the pictures of the royal gem my sister secretly took
will ever mean more than likes on Instagram
or saying you shook hands with a headless man.
The only Royal Beast in sight was an employee at the London Tower
which really didn’t matter
knowing tea at Harrods was a ferry ride away
—an extended metaphor to tell the independent gal within;
lemon coconut macaroons taste better while surrounded by kin.
I could rhyme away my desires as long as I live
but knowing that deep down inside,
I’ll always just be a little kid
doing what I love, loving what I do,
believing my parents always make the rules
even if that means there’s nothing to do
but live in the moment of ‘now’.
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